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396 GERMANY, [Bamberg.<br />

Marh-Schorgdß, a market-town.<br />

25. The preledturate <strong>of</strong> Leugast, containing<br />

Letigajl, a market-town, which in the year 1385 was purchafed by the<br />

abbot Henry <strong>of</strong> Langbcim.<br />

26. The prefedurate <strong>of</strong> Teuschnitz, in which is<br />

'Teiifcbmtz,<br />

a fmall town and citadel.<br />

Nortbalben, alfo called Nordheim, a market-town.<br />

Hajzlacl.\ and other villages.<br />

27. The captainfliip oi Crcnach, in which is<br />

Cronach, or Cranach, anciently called Crrt;2^, a well fortified town, feated<br />

on the rivulet o'i Cranach, which at this place falls into the Rotach. Near<br />

it alio ftands the mountain-fortrefs <strong>of</strong> Rojenberg. In the year 11 22 Ulrich<br />

<strong>of</strong> Märchen made a donation <strong>of</strong> this town to the bifliopric. In 1632,<br />

1633, and 1634, it was befieged in vain. In it yearly is held what is<br />

called the bee-tribunal, or the 'Judicium Mellicidorum.<br />

Walde-njeh, or Wallenjelh, a market-town, and the original place <strong>of</strong> the<br />

ancient Lords <strong>of</strong> Waldenfch.<br />

Under-Rodach, which lies on ths river Rodach, and other places*<br />

28. The prefedurate <strong>of</strong> Furtemberg, in which is<br />

Furtemberg, a decayed citadel. And<br />

Fürth,<br />

a village.<br />

29. The prefedurate <strong>of</strong> LicHTENFELS, in which is<br />

Lichteiifels, a town, feated on the Mayn, on which river it carries on<br />

a great trade in wood to Frankfort. This place came, in the year IJ41,<br />

to the biOiopric.<br />

Zeulen, a market- town, feated on the Rotach.<br />

Banz, in Latin Bantum, a Benedicline abbey, which, with refped to its<br />

fpiritual jurifdidion, ftands under the bifhopric <strong>of</strong> Wurzbiirg. This place<br />

fprung up from a citadel <strong>of</strong> a Count's there, which, in the year 1071, was<br />

converted into a cloyfter.<br />

Langhei?n, an abbey <strong>of</strong> Monks <strong>of</strong> the Cißercian order, in which lie interred<br />

the laft Dukes <strong>of</strong> Meran, namely Otto I. and Otto II. who were father<br />

and fon.<br />

Vierzehn-Heiligen,<br />

a place <strong>of</strong> pilgrimage.<br />

30. The prefedurate <strong>of</strong> Schonbrunn, in which is<br />

Schonbrunn, a citadel, feated on the Mayn.<br />

31. The prefedurate <strong>of</strong> Doringstadt, in which is<br />

Doringßadt, or Duringßadt, a market-town.<br />

Mittelau, Neundorf, Speierberg, and other villages.<br />

32. Staffelßein, a fmall town, feated on the rivulet <strong>of</strong> Lö?

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